Category archives: Apple Music

Apple Music Now Has 60 Million Subscribers

Apple Music now has 60 million subscribers, including paying users and those on free trials, according to Apple executive Eddie Cue. That’s up 20% from 50 million in May of 2018. Cue revealed the solid but not spectacular year over year growth in an interview with French publication Numera. He…

Apple Music Lists Five Leaked Songs on Playboi Carti’s Channel

Last month, an uploader managed to leak an unreleased Playboi Carti song. Titled ‘Kid Cudi,’ the song quickly reached No. 1 on Spotify’s Viral Top 50 with over 2.3 million streams. That was all thanks to a high school sophomore. Speaking about the inci…

Why Hasn’t Spotify Rolled Out An Offical Pre-Save Tool? [Kieron Donoghue]

Ever since 2016 when third party tools made Spotify pre-saves possible, they have become a standard part of artists marketing when releasing new music. So, why hasn’t Spotify released an official pre-save tool for all artists and labels to access? ____________________________ Guest post by Kieron Donoghue of Here.org.uk Back in…

Netflix Needs Music, But Music Is Fine Without It

After a lengthy amount of time atop the streaming roost, Netflix now faces a serious threat from its competitors, and is hoping that investing in the music industry by creating things like original docs, it can stay at the head of the pack. That said, Netflix will need to act…

Labels, Streamers, Publishers Pledge To Battle Streaming, But Major Players Fail To Sign On

Spotify, Amazon and Deezer have joined all three major labels and music publishers, the RIAA, the American Association of Independent Music, IMPALA, Merlin, The International Confederation of Music Publishers and other global music industry trade groups in signing code of conduct designed to battle streaming manipulation. MIssing from the list…

Grammys Finally Accept Streaming Links As Submissions

The Recording Academy will finally accept streaming links instead of physical product for award submissions in most categories. In a statement, the Academy also said, "For most categories, we would prefer streaming distribution links for online entry submissions, though CD submissions remain optional." The cost of submitting multiple physical copies…

Why Fans Are More Important Than Listeners

It’s impossible to please everyone, and trying to winner every casual listeners is a futile effort. Instead, artists are better off focusing on their core diehard fans – an overall more easily targeted, easier to keep happy group. _________________________ Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix You will never please…

Apple Music Selects Megan Thee Stallion as Its Up Next Artist

Apple Music has revitalized Up Next and queued up its latest artist. Houston native rapper Megan Thee Stallion – real name Megan Pete – has been selected as Apple Music’s featured artist.  Her mother, Holly Thomas, had rapped under the name Holly-Wood….

Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ Sets Apple Music Pre-Add Record

Taylor Swift’s 7th studio album Lover isn’t out for 2 months, but it’s already broken the record for most the Apple Music pre-add (aka pre-save) album in a single day by a female artist. Clocking a whopping 178,600 pre-adds worldwide in its first day of availability (June 13) – that…